This Specialization delivers a comprehensive, industry-aligned understanding of investment banking operations across fixed income, foreign exchange, and money markets. Learners progress from structured finance and mortgage-backed securities to bond valuation, currency markets, and short-term funding instruments, developing the ability to analyze pricing, risk, and market mechanics using professional conventions. Through concept-to-application learning and real-world case contexts, including the global credit crisis, the Specialization builds analytical, operational, and decision-making skills relevant to careers in banking, treasury, risk management, and financial markets.
What you'll learn
Analyze pricing and valuation of fixed income securities using professional market conventions
Evaluate risk and market mechanics in foreign exchange and currency markets
Understand the structure and operations of mortgage-backed securities and structured finance products
Apply analytical frameworks to short-term funding instruments and money market operations
Assess operational and risk management considerations using real-world case contexts including the credit crisis
Course objectives
Develop operational and analytical skills relevant to investment banking careers
Build decision-making capabilities for treasury and financial markets roles
Progress from foundational concepts to applied analysis across fixed income, FX, and money markets
Understand professional conventions and market mechanics used in banking operations